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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

The Building Learning Communities Conference provides innovative educators with a chance to make new friends, build global partnerships and share creative ideas for empowered teaching and learning. It takes place this week in Boston and there's a lot to learn and share.

This year I’d like to meet some folks whose ideas I’ve been reading about, hear what others are saying about some areas of interest for me like digital footprints, authentic publishing and PLNs, learn some more about new areas of interest like curriculum mapping and ePortfolios and finally, take a closer look at what’s happening with tech in primary classrooms. I've gone through theconference schedule and have mademy day-by-day conference picks. Here is a breakdown of how I plan to spend my time:

Connect with innovative educators who have a strong digital footprint with whom I have yet to develop a memorable F-2-F relationship.

My picks

Jeff Utecht

Howie DiBlasi

Adora Svitak (and Joyce)

Reconnect with other innovative educators

My picks

Alan November

Dean Shareski

Lynette Guastaferro

Bob Sprankle

Lisa Thumann

Hear what others are saying about digital footprints

My picks

Google or You? Who Would You Rather Control Your Digital Identity? with Dean Shareski

Lessons Learned with E-Portfolios in Northern Ireland with Gillian Stewart

While I’m looking forward to the sessions, I’m looking forward even more to the conversations I have with others interested in these topics both live and on my learning networks. You can see the whole schedule here. BLC10 Program